Journal of the Ramanujan Mathematical Society
Volume 36, Issue 2, June 2021 pp. 93–107.
Gamma functions and sum formulas of multiple zeta values
Authors:
Kwang-Wu Chen and Minking Eie
Author institution:Department of Mathematics, University of Taipei, No.~1, Ai-Guo West Road, Taipei 10048, Taiwan
Summary:
For a pair of positive integers n, k with ⌈
n/3 ⌉ ≤ k ≤ ⌊ n/2 ⌋, let E{2,3} (n,k) be the
sum of multiple zeta values of weight n and depth k with
arguments 2 or 3, i.e.,
E{2,3} (n,k) = ∑ {|{α}| = n} {α{j} = 2 or 3}
ζ(α{1}, α{2}, …, α{k}).
Hoffman conjectured that the set {ζ(α{1}, … , α{r})
: r ∈ N, α{i} ∈ {2,3}} is a Q-basis for
the vector space spanned by all MZVs, and Brown has proved that
Hoffman's conjectured basis is in fact a spanning set. Therefore
it is desirable to investigate sum formulas such as
E{{2,3}} (n, r). In this paper, we evaluate the general form
E{s, t} (n,k) in terms of ζ(2), ζ(3), … , ζ(n)
with integers s, t rather than 2, 3. The proofs are based on
some relations with Gamma functions. Moreover we get a lot of
similar sum formulas of multiple zeta values and multiple
zeta-star values as
applications.
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